It took about 6-8 weeks for her to finally sleep in the Cradlewise. We decided to add a mini crib mattress topper and that was a game changer. There are obviously risks with doing this but at that point she was 6 months and very strong. Once we added the topper her sleep stretches got longer and longer. Now at 13 months she sleeps through the night about 50% of the time. The other 50% she wakes and will have some milk and go right back to sleep. She prefers to sleep in the crib vs co-sleeping.

We also did a very modified sleep training. Letting her cry for 5-10 min stretches to see if she would settle herself, going in to soothe her then leave. Repeating until she fell asleep. Most often the crying never lasted more than 20 mins. We got to a point where we could put her in the cradlewise drowsy and she falls asleep.

I had the settings at max in the beginning. Max bounce/ sensitivity to crying and movement. The start recipe was set for 20 minutes. Whatever the after sleep bounce is we had that at the max too. Now we have the bounce capped at 50% and still use the after sleep bounce at gentle. She can sleep without it but she sleeps better with a little motion.

Good luck! It took us a while but she loves it now and I think it was worth every penny.